Repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Then well look at the military crackdown against Muslim Rohingyas in burma. Because myanmar has refused access to human rights investigators, the Current Situation cannot sorry, cannot yet be fully assessed, but the situation remains or seems the textbook example of ethnic cleansing. Amy and we go to havana, cuba, where the officials have slammed trumps attack on cuba during his address to the u. N. General assembly, saying trumps comments are disrespectful, unacceptable, and meddling. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In mexico, a massive 7. 1magnitude quake struck 100 miles southeast of mexico city tuesday, collapsing dozens of buildings around the capital city, trapping school children, workers, and residents beneath the rubble. The government said this morning at least people are dead, but 217 that number is expected to rise as rescuers with sniffer dogs work to cut through collapsed structures. Among the dead are least 21 students at a Primary School in southern mexico city and 15 worshipers who died during a catholic mass when the earthquake triggered an eruption at a volcano southeast of the city. The disaster struck just hours after an earthquake preparedness drill held to mark the 32nd anniversary of a 1985 earthquake that killed 5000 people. It came less than two weeks after the most powerful earthquake in a century struck near the coast of the Southern State of oaxaca, killing at least 90 people and leveling thousands of homes. In the caribbean, Hurricane Maria struck the u. S. Territory of puerto rico this morning as a major category 4 storm, the most intense hurricane landfall in puerto rico since 1928. The eye of the storm made landfall on the island south headed to san juan, home to 400,000 people. Overnight memory a lash the Virgin Islands threatening to turn rubble and debris left over from Hurricane Irma into deadly projectiles. In dominica, over 90 of buildings were left damaged or destroyed in what the countrys Prime Minister called mindboggling devastation. We will have more on Hurricane Maria and the earthquake in mexico after headlines. President trump gave his first address to the u. N. General assembly tuesday, boasting about the size of the u. S. Military, threatening to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal, hinting at an intervention in venezuela, and threatening to totally destroy north korea. The 40minute speech was reportedly written by trumps Senior AdviserStephen Miller and did not call out other authoritarian countries that are u. S. Allies, including egypt, turkey, and saudi arabia. In his sharpest of many threats, trump called north Korean Leader kim jongun rocket man and said the u. S. Was prepared to destroy an entire nation of 25 Million People. Pres. Trump the United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. Amy north koreas ambassador walked out of the General Assembly just as trump took the podium. Irans government condemned trumps remarks as shameless and ignorant, while venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said from caracas that trump is the tler of international politics. Trumps u. N. Speech came a day after the u. S. Senate voted 89 to 8 to approve a 700 billion bill to fund u. S. Wars and the pentagon. The National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2018 would boost military spending by 80 billion annually, far more than the 54 billion increase President Trump asked for. Critics note the spending boost is nearly double the cost of a bill sponsored by vermont senator Bernie Sanders that would make public colleges and universities in the u. S. Tuitionfree. In syria, at least three hospitals were hit by airstrikes tuesday in the rebelcontrolled province of idlib, killing medical workers and cutting off access to healthcare for thousands of residents. Residents blamed either russian or syrian warplanes for the attacks. Meanwhile, the battle continues in raqqa, where the local journalistic Monitoring Group raqqa is being slaughtered silently reports u. S. Led Coalition Airstrikes have struck the alshomati mosque and a college in raqqa in recent days. In nigeria, the United Nations is warning of a new cholera outbreak in borno state thats killed at least 44 people and sickened about 2300 others. The u. N. Says the waterborne disease is spreading rapidly due to squalid conditions in camps for the 1. 8 Million People whove been displaced by fighting between the government and boko haram. The new outbreak comes as the World Health Organization says the number of cholera cases in yemen has reached 700,000, with some 40,000 suspected infections in the last week alone. And Health Groups warn haiti could face new cholera cases due to flooding from hurricanes irma and maria. In burma, the countrys de facto leader and nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence tuesday on the plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority, after more than 400,000 refugees crossed into neighboring bangladesh in recent weeks, fleeing governmentsponsored violence. During her address, suu kyi refused to criticize the Burmese Military, which the United Nations has called a book textbook example of ethnic cleansing. I understand many of our friends around the world are concerned of reports of villages being burned and hordes of refugees fleeing. There have been no conflicts. Ince the fifth of september we, too, are concerned. We want to find out what the real problems are. There have been allegations and counter allegations. And we have to listen to all of them. And we have to make sure that these allegations are based on solid evidence before we take action. Amy in response, Amnesty International said in a statement Aung San Suu Kyi today demonstrated that she and her government are still burying their heads in the sand over the horrors unfolding in Rakhine State. At times, her speech amounted to little more than a mix of untruths and victim blaming. We will have more in the crisis in bournemouth later in the broadcast in bournemouth later in the broadcast. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says President Donald Trump called him last week to apologize after a grand jury indicted 15 members of erdogans security detail on felony charges for attacking a group of Peaceful Protesters in washington, d. C. , last may. Video from the scene shows president erdogan looking on during the assault outside the turkish ambassadors residence, which came just after erdogan was welcomed to the white house by President Trump. This is president erdogan speaking with pbs newshour. I am very sorry about that. Callede, President Trump me about a week ago about this issue. He said he was sorry and told me he was going to follow up on this issue when we come to the United States within the framework of an official visit. Were insulting us and screaming and shouting. The police failed to give improperly. Amy its not clear if erdogan gave the order for the attack, which left nine antierdogan protesters hospitalized. In privacy news the credit , Monitoring Company equifax has admitted a security failure left personal information for 143 Million People exposed to hackers last march in a data breach separate from one reported earlier this month. The latest breach involves employee tax records, and threatens to spawn a rash of phony tax returns, as identity thieves may seek to steal tax refunds. A separate breach left the public filings show equifax spent 1. 1 million last year, and over 500,000 so far this year, lobbying congress for legislation that would limit the amount equifax would be forced to pay over data breaches. And in new york city, three democratic members of congress were among 10 activists arrested at a nonviolent civil disobedience action outside trump tower tuesday, as they protested President Trumps plan to rescind daca, an Immigration Program that shields 800,000 young immigrants from deportation. Among those arrested, Congress MembersLuis Gutierrez of illinois and Raul Grijalva of arizona. Residenceld trumps here in new york city. Were going to denounce the end of daca and were going to demand justice for our immigrant community and for himo end his white supremacist and the xenophobic attacks against our community. We have to make a point. The point is, we need an agreement to be done immediately. Where here united. Were not going to stand for bigoted policies that require families apart. That is not what this nation supports. That last voice is bigger of the new York City Council who was arrested as well, along with commerce men of new york in the nonviolent civil disobedience action outside trump tower. To see democracy now s full report on tuesdays protest in support of daca and undocumented dreamers, visit our website democracynow. Org. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and im juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We begin todays show in mexico, where a massive 7. 1magnitude quake struck 100 miles southeast of mexico city tuesday, collapsing dozens buildings around the capital city and trapping school children, workers, and residents beneath the rubble. At least 217 people are dead and hundreds more are missing. Among the dead are least 21 students at a Primary School in mexico city and 15 worshipers who died during a catholic mass when the earthquake triggered an eruption at a volcano southeast of the city. Amy the disaster struck just hours after residents participated in an earthquake preparedness drill held to mark the 32nd anniversary of a 1985 earthquake that killed 5000 people. Tuesdays quake follows another earthquake less than two weeks ago, which killed at least 90 people and leveled thousands of homes after it struck near the coast of the Southern State of oaxaca. R more, weo noto mexico city to speak th laura carlsen, director of the mexico citybased Americas Program of the center for international policy. Laura, thank you so much for taking time to speak to us. I know you yourself had to relocate. Can you describe the scene in exeter city . Amy, it was a terrifying moment. For anyone who hasnt felt a major earthquake, it is deeply humbling and horrifying experience. I was on the roof of a very old building in the downtown area when we began to feel the movement. The alarm went off almost at the same time the earthquake started because there was no prior warning and the epicenter was so close to mexico city. So we had to go down two flights of fire escapetype stairs. We did not know if we could hold on it was swaying so heavily. By the time he got into the streets, the streets were filled with people. There was glass and dust and the smell of gas in the air. People were crying inconsolably and hugging each other. You have to remember, there are a lot of people who recall the 1985 earthquake when thousands died and they lost relatives. Inthere is a deep trauma mexico city whenever this happens. We had one just about 10 days ago. Very, very scared. Most of them were in the streets. There was no communication for the most part, so they were worried about relatives and trying to get a hold of loved ones that they did not know what had happened to them. Juan what is the situation in terms of power, electricity, and water and the damage to the infrastructure as far as you can tell . You mention in 1985 earthquake. There was much criticism of the Mexican Government at the time for its slow and haphazard response to that disaster. Right. Well, there was no electricity. There is still no electricity in a good part of the city. Service. Also no phone we finally got some phone service and electricity back to my but that still a crisis for many people. When it is dark, it creates a security situation. The for the most part, things have calmed down quite a bit. The government is trying to avoid criticism this time. But as always, for the most part, it is the people who are going out on the rescue missions and taking control of helping others, taking people into their homes because there are a lot of Homeless People now. Amy the building next to you collapsed . Five blocks away, entire building collapsed. That is when you have the biggest danger and when people are trying to get the rubble cleared away so they can find out if there are people trapped in there. There are a lot of people that are disappeared. My friends have cousins theyre still searching for, unfortunately. One who died. There is going to be a couple of days here at least of digging out and trying to find more survivors. Amy you arrived a year after the september 19, 1985 earthquake in mexico city. Earthquakethat this comes on the 32nd anniversary of the earthquake that killed 5000 people . Can you talk about the stories of the people you chronicled from then . I think people are really traumatized by that coincidence. They feel there is some kind of terrible fate about it in some way. Again, as i mentioned, recall those terrifying memories. When i got here, the city was still in ruins. A large heart of the city was in rubble across the entire city. People were still trying rebuild, trying to find housing. I began working with the september 19 organization because there was a section of town where the sweatshops were. That particular section was hard hit. The owners would not let the women out of the building. When the rubble you could hear cries coming out of the rubble. The owners arrived to rescue livingaterial and left bodies, which caused a huge reaction among the populist. Form a womensto union, an independent union. What happened out of the earthquake, despite the terror and the fear, there was a huge coming together of society that has marked Mexican Society since then. This capacity to stand up and say, im going to risk my own life. There is always a danger of being out there. Im going to risk my own life and give my own time to try to rescue people. Y, theyar, just last night had a call and asked young people to come and take a short training to be a rescue worker. Thousands showed up at the university. They are all over the city try to help out with water, with flashlights, and see if they can find any more survivors in the shortest term possible. Amy we want to thank you so much for joining us, laura carlsen, thank you for joining us from mexico city. Of course, we will keep people updated. The latest number is Something Like 217 people dead, but it is believed hundreds of people are missing in this earthquake. In mexico city and beyond. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. We turn now to look at Hurricane Maria, which just made landfall on puerto rico this morning as a category 4 storm, just down from category 5 hurricane. Puerto ricos governor Ricardo Rosello has called maria the biggest and potentially most catastrophic hurricane to hit puerto rico in a century. This is the puerto rican resident grisele cruz. This is going to be catastrophic for our island. At this point a many parts of the island, we are without power because of the first storm that came through, irma. We are without water. Can you imagine this . Catastrophic. Were going to be without services for a long time. Amy Hurricane Maria has are ready killed at least two people on the island of waterloo and devastated the island of dominica. Guadeloupe andterlo devastated the island of dominica. Your sister lives there . Juan she was preparing for the hurricane, but injured around 5 00 this morning. It came in an unusual path. They came from the south on the southeast part of the island. Apparently, has gone through the center of the island. Most hurricane that hit order ago come from the east and come pathst but this one is a that could create the most destruction. I think 88 of the island is lost electricity from what i understand because it is already a fragile electrical grid the sustained a big hit during Hurricane Irma. 88 we are seeing as much as of the people have hourly lost their electricity. The question is, the rains. In puerto rico, a big problem with hurricanes, the massive rainfall creates these huge flash floods. That is when most people end up being killed. Hopefully, this wont happen. I unde